Document Quality Variant Generation via Preliminary Action

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems often require re-processing documents to achieve desired quality, leading to increased effort and inefficiency when the initial processing does not meet quality standards.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that generates multiple documents of varying quality based on attribute values set within a preset process procedure, allowing for the selection and output of a representative document that meets quality requests without re-processing, using a control system to manage and output documents stored in a storage device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If a single document is generated by executing the process once, then processing time is reduced, but the quality may not satisfy the requested quality standard

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing timeVSAvoiddocument quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by generating multiple documents with different attribute values during the initial process execution. These documents are stored in advance in the storage device, so when a quality request is received, the system can immediately retrieve and output the appropriate document without re-executing the process, thus resolving the contradiction between processing time and document quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple documents of different qualities are generated, then quality requests can be satisfied without re-processing, but processing effort increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequality variant availabilityVSAvoidprocessing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the attribute values into multiple discrete options for each attribute. Instead of generating continuous variations, the system creates a finite set of document variants with specific attribute combinations. This segmentation allows the system to provide quality adaptability while limiting the total number of documents generated, thereby maintaining processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters (attribute values) to generate multiple document variants. By systematically varying attribute values within predefined ranges and combinations, the system creates diverse quality variants from the input document. These parameter-based variations enable the system to satisfy different quality requests without re-executing the entire process, thus improving adaptability while controlling processing effort.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If the process is re-executed to achieve desired quality, then quality standard is met, but effort and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument qualityVSAvoidre-processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by generating multiple documents with different attribute values during the initial process execution. These documents are stored in advance in the storage device, so when a quality request is received, the system can immediately retrieve and output the appropriate document without re-executing the process, thus resolving the contradiction between processing time and document quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11308271B2Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing information processing program
Publication Date: 2022.04.19 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a generation part that generates plural documents of different quality from an input document input in a process in accordance with each of plural attribute values in a case where the plural attribute values designating quality of a document to be generated by the process are set for an attribute regulating operation of the process included in a preset process procedure, a control part that performs a control for retaining the plural documents generated by the generation part in a storage device, and an output part that outputs any one document as a representative document among the plural documents generated by the generation part and, in a case where an output request for a document different from the output document is received, outputs a document having quality designated by the output request among the plural documents retained in the storage device by the control part.